Authorities believe that a University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared in the Dominican Republic last week passed away last week, according to reports.
Sudiksha Konanki, 20, was with six other six at Punta Cana Beach before most of the group was packed into the night and called it the night. ABC News Sunday Night.
Conanki, a legal permanent resident who lived in the upscale suburbs of Washington, D.C., went for a swim and faced a huge wave, according to an investigative police report cited by the outlet.
Conanki, an Indian national, reportedly traveled with five friends from the pit to Sunny Caribbean Island and swam with the “young man” that led to the tragedy. Local Outlet List Indiario reported Previously.
He was questioned by investigators, but it was unclear whether he was also a pit student.
Conanki was last found on a beach on surveillance video around 4:15am on Thursday, the Dominican Republic Department told ABC News.
A spokesman for the sheriff's office in Loudon County, where Conanki is located. He spoke to the Pittsburgh Post Gazette The story of the student's own death may be based on her last known location near the beach, [there’s] At this time there is no evidence to support that conclusion. ”
Rescue squads launched a desperate search of the young woman, including using helicopters and drones to wash the water while the crew was packed over the white sand.
Authorities say she was last seen wearing a brown bikini and a bracelet on both arms.
